Alicia's Wedding!

HELLO after so long!


I am sorry I haven't written in a long time. I have been EXTREMELY busy with my trip home for my sister's wedding and now, being on my final Italy tour, our Southern Trip. The wedding was BEAUTIFUL-Alicia was beautiful, the family was beautiful, everything worked out perfectly. Unfortunately, I have very few pictures of the wedding since I was the Maid of Honor, and running around all day. I will put the few pictures up that I have...

The Wedding Rehearsal:

Our Bride and Groom

Dad and Uncle Bruce

The ringbearer, my little cousin Joey!

My cousin Christine and Uncle Frank

Myself, 2 younger sisters, and Mom!

My brother Bryan and sister Kerriann!

The Big Day:
Alicia and Alfredo's WEDDING!

Mom and I bright and early..

Betty, Kerriann, Mom and I!

Mom and Dad...:)

Julie's picture from the seats...

Uncle Bruce, Dad and cousin Andrew!

How beautiful?

Rice! My favorite picture...

The Rolls-Royce that Alicia and Alfredo were lucky enough to take!

Cake time...

Dad walking Alicia down the aisle...

Me in my dress!

Bryan-ready for the camera as usual!

Matt and I!

Betty and Kerri in the limo!

Matt and my cousin, Christine

They're so happy! Congratulations!

PARIS! and DISNEY!!!

Please enjoy some pictures from Paris...



















So I found out that my birthday surprise day was DISNEYLAND!! We headed to Disneyland Paris! and had a BLAST! I shall be updating videos/pictures and captions tomorrow, it's late and I'm pretty tired. Studio's been rough these past 2 nights...hope all is well, miss you all!




I will start to update these photos and comment on them all...please enjoy for now! LOVE YOU ALL! MISS YOU!

I LOVE MY PIPES

My Pipes called me and sang happy birthday to me...I love them.


PARIS NEWS AND PICS COMING SOON!

IN PARIS!

Well, it's finally come, my (and Matty's) 21st (and 22nd) birthday! We have arrived in Paris...and almost my entire itinerary minus tomorrow was/is a complete surprise from Matty. We are staying at this BEAUTIFUL chateau in a smaller town here in Paris, and it's unbelievably gorgeous. We have our own terrace! Vines, the works. I am going to take pictures tomorrow in the daylight. I cannot even believe it!

The ride into the hotel was QUITE an interesting one. We waited in line for a taxi (the line was enormous-because apparently there is a public transportation strike) and a Mercedes Benz pulls up...VERY exciting. So we get in, and this man speaks not a word of English (and obviously we don't speak a word of French) so Matty attempted to tell him the hotel we were staying at...the man didn't really understand, unfortunately for us. We showed him the name and the address in writing, and he whipped out his GPS (first sign...). As he was driving, he was clicking around on the GPS, and managed to click the wrong destination twice..getting directions to a completely different place. As he clicked it right the third time, we had about a 12 minute ride upon us (or so the GPS said). Halfway through the ride, he realizes he clicked the wrong place again, and turns around and heads back towards the airport...geez! FINALLY, we pull up into this little town, and this gorgeous chateau comes out of nowhere-GORGEOUS. There was a huge gate which opened as we entered...how important we are! And we got in...the hotel is just absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to post pictures tomorrow!

For now, I'm going to rest, I'm pretty exhausted from studio and everything week. Bright and early to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and many other exciting things on the agenda! Talk to you all soon!

Another day in Rome!

Hello all,

Today has been a fairly relaxed day, but much schoolwork is upon us! We have a HUGE studio project coming up, and have a GIGANTIC midterm for our History Class on Thursday. Mostly, tonight, I will be studying, with some breaks :). No pictures today, but hopefully maybe some later after dinner! Miss you all!

Back in Rome! With Matt! VALENTINO EXHIBITION

So, I'm back in Rome, after our Hilltowns Tour! Matt got to Rome yesterday, and will be here for a few weeks on vacation, I'm so excited! Today, myself, Matt and some friends went to the Valentino show at the Ara Pacis Museum. Some photos:

One of Valentino's sketches, amazing.

One of the two gigantic "red dress" showcases.

The night Julia Roberts won the Oscars, from Erin Brokovich. Gorgeous!

Halle Berry's Dress..

Me with one of the dresses...

Another sketch, absolutely stunning!

Corsets.

The other "red gown showcase." I decided to get in on the action!

That's all for now. I am going to post pictures of my family dinner from tonight. I made (with the help of Matt, Morgan and Steph) STUFFED PEPPERS! I was absolutely stuffed. Have a good night all! Miss and love you all!

Hilltowns Tour

CIAO from Urbino, Italy! These past few days, I have been in Siena and arrived yesterday in Urbino! I have lots of pictures to come, but here are some to start out:

SIENA:

Inside the church:


Oliver was happy after our church visit! (My professor's son :))
Marching band in Siena!

Amazing view from the top of the tower in Piazza Al Mangia.

These are the stairs we climbed in order to get up!
At night, I got to hang out one last time with Alfredo and Alicia, the last time before the wedding!